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clear lemou-yellow on middle of belW ; sides and lining of wing blue- 

 gray; flanks and thighs dark olive-green, the latter streaked with light 

 lemon-yellow; under tail-coverts chestnut; back, rump^ mantle, and 

 secondarj'-coverts dull gray-green, richer green on the coverts ; upper tail- 

 coverts like rump but with a faint chestnut wash; primaries, alula, 

 primary-coverts, and outer secondaries black; some of the primaries and 

 secondaries edged with yellow; greater coverts broadly margined with 

 pale yellow, forming a conspicuous band ; rectrices slate-gray above, each 

 with a black subterminal band and washed with green near the base; 

 rectrices blackish below with narrow slate-gray tips. Base of bill black, 

 tip pale blue; iris light yellow; legs and feet coral-pink. Salvador! 

 quotes the following iris colors from Davidson : "Irides with three rings, 

 the outer one rose-pink, the next prussian-blue, the innermost ultra- 

 marine-blue." Length, 280; wing, 147; tail, 92; culmen from base, 19; 

 tarsus, 23. 



Adult female. — Xearly all green; somewhat similar to the male but 

 darker green above; the lavender wanting on head and neck, and orange 

 wanting on breast, these parts being dark green; under tail-coverts pale 

 yellow, more or less washed with cinnamon on inner webs. One female 

 from Mariveles, Bataan Province, measures: Length, 280; wing, 148; 

 tail, 93; culmen from base, 19; tarsus, 22. 



"'Young male. — Eesembles the female, but with some trace of the 

 vinaceous purple color on the neck, and of the brown-orange on the 

 breast. 



"Young female. — Has the rufescent color of the upper tail-coverts 

 scarcely visible, and the central tail-feathers more or less tinged with 

 green. 



'^Some specimens have the forehead and throat more or less tinged 

 with greenish, but they are not confined to a particular locality. I have 

 seen in the Museum of Paris a variety entirely of a canary-yellow." 

 {Snh-adori.) 



"Its nest is a mere platform of twigs, grass-stems, tendrils, and leaves, 

 measuring about 180 mm. in breadth. The eggs are nearly oval in form, 

 pure white in color, and measure 31 by 24." (Bourns and Worcester MS. ) 



Genus PHAPITEERON Bonaparte, 1854. 



Length, 230 to 280 mm.; sexes alike in color; colors nearly uniform 

 bro\ni of various shades; a wide iridescent band on neck; primaries 

 neither scooped not cut; rectrices graduated and rounded and with gray 

 tips; under tail-coverts gray or dark buff. Birds of tliis genus are closely 

 related inter se, maculipectus alone showing a slight departure from the 

 type in its mottled breast. The species fall naturally into two groups 

 which miglit take the rank of subgenera were anything to be gained 



